Fighting Fatigue with Long-Term Goals
Earlier this week, Laurie at the Frugal Farmer wrote about the difficulty of sticking with a goal that takes a long time to pay off. You can check it out here: Fighting Boredom and Restlessness as You...
View ArticleChanging One Habit at a Time
This past week, Cash Rebel wrote a post titled Making Frugality Happen One Meal at a Time. It’s a really great post that you should read yourself, but I wanted to share the premise, as well as some of...
View ArticleSome Tough College Love
Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a heads up that I’m going to be making the move to my self-hosted WordPress environment later tonight. I’m hopeful that everything will go smoothly, but if you have...
View ArticleOptimizing My Work Commute: Challenging One of My Money Rules
A little under two years ago, my wife and I moved to a new apartment. There were and still are many nice things about this apartment, but proximity to my office is not one of them. Although the actual...
View ArticleTeaching My Son Basic Money Skills
My son is only 14 months old. His biggest worry these days is how he’s going to fit the star-shaped block through the square hole (it’s gonna happen damnit!). He’s a long way off from even having the...
View ArticleLessons Learned From a Flat Tire
On my way into work yesterday, literally a mile away from my office I hit an enormous pothole and blew out my front right tire. And this wasn’t one of the potholes that happen naturally up here in the...
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Liebster Award!
Both Greg at Thrift Genuity and E.M. at Journey to Saving were recently nice enough to nominate me for the Liebster Award. As far as I can tell (and I could very well be mistaken about some of the...
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Is Now the Right Time to Buy a House?
A little while back, I wrote about why my wife and I don’t yet own a house. In short, the lesson is that if you don’t have a long-term plan to be in one location, then from a pure financial standpoint...
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Carnival of Financial Planning
Welcome to the Independence Day version of the Carnival of Financial Planning! I hope you all had a great holiday and are ready to finish the week with a bang. Below you can find a ton of great...
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Wishing You a Late Happy America!
Whew! I don’t know about you guys but I had a fun and exhausting Fourth of July. We spent the night of the 3rd at a friend’s house eating burgers and hot dogs, drinking beer, playing with sparklers,...
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Stop Focusing on the Negatives. Start Enjoying Life.
Quick thank you and plug. Thanks to your support, I made it to the 2nd round of the Tour de Personal Finance. If you’d like you help me again, you can vote for me by writing “Mistake” in the comments...
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A Money Lesson For Me and My Niece
Thanks to your support, I’ve made it to the Sweet 16 of the Tour de Personal Finance! Now I’m up against one of the big guns, my friend Paula from Reaching Financial Independence. If you’d like to...
View ArticleGuest Posting at Stacking Benjamins
I’m guest posting at Stacking Benjamins today. Check it out! The post Guest Posting at Stacking Benjamins appeared first on Mom and Dad Money.
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How to Negotiate a Lower Bill
One of the ways I’ve saved money over the years is through successfully negotiating my monthly bills. It’s a tactic I love because you can spend the time to do it right once and then reap the benefits...
View ArticleEnjoy These Cool Tips For Making Summer Easier
I found this video yesterday and thought some of the tips were pretty cool. Let me know if you end up trying any of the out! The post Enjoy These Cool Tips For Making Summer Easier appeared first on...
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DIY Car Maintenance: How to Change a Car Battery
My new battery! Isn’t she a beauty! Full disclosure: Some of the links to products within this post are affiliate links and will earn me money if you purchase the product. As always, I only include...
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What Can Pawn Shops Teach Banks (and Us) About Risk Management?
When you hear the phrase “pawn shop”, what immediately comes to mind? For me it’s a shady store-front with metal bars protecting the windows. It’s dark and shadowy inside, and it certainly doesn’t...
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Taking the Scenic Route
A couple weekends ago, my wife and I took our son down to North Carolina for a wedding. We flew into Charlotte, rented a car, and drove the rest of the way to Asheville and our hotel. It’s a part of...
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Accomplish the Important Things in Life by Holding Yourself Accountable
I read two awesome posts this week on the subject of improving the success rate of long-term goals. One was from Mario over at Debt Blag and talked about the importance of setting short- and...
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Buying a Car: Setting a Budget and a Timeline
Over the past few months, and the past couple of weeks in particular, my wife and I have been in the process of buying a car. It’s been a long and at times painful process, but just this past week we...
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